Woodcock

PUB. DATE

January 2009

SOURCE

World Book Science Dataset;1/1/2009, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Encyclopedia

DOC. TYPE

Reference Entry

ABSTRACT

Woodcock, the common name of two species of game birds, one native to the Old World, the other to North America. The North American woodcock, or timber doodle, spends the winter in the southeastern and south-central United States. About March, it begins to migrate northward, traveling as far as Labrador and Manitoba. It frequents damp woodlands and thickets.

Presents information on the habitat and behavior of woodcock. Account given by the author about how woodcock impersonates a peacock; Information on the physical features of woodcock; Details of the aerial dance performed by a woodcock; Prevalence of woodcock along the Atlantic seaboard, the Gulf...